Capital FM’s Summertime Ball, Wembley Stadium.
Posted: June 15th, 2011 | Author: David Jensen | Filed under: Architectural, Event Photography | No Comments »
Wembley Stadium hosts Capital FM's Summertime Ball.
Back seat of the plane, no door, 1100′ up, 160mph, banking around Wembley Stadium, Awesome….
Spectators Inside Wembley Stadium, before Capital FM's Summertime Ball.
Sunday was a miserable wet day, and not really ‘Summertime’, but this didn’t make the experience any less thrilling!
The plan was for 4 of us, the pilot, Capital FM Dj Sacha Brooks, the sound engineer and myself, to fly over Wembley Stadium, wave our wings, and broadcast a live feed to the crowd attending Capital FM’s Summertime Ball below.
Aerial Shot of Spectators inside Wembley Stadium at Capital FM's Summertime Ball.
Within a few minutes of leaving the airport the plane was above Wembley. We circumnavigated the stadium a number of times and made a couple of flights across the top, each time flipping the plane onto it’s side.
Shooting on a 200mm, and with such high speeds and vibration from the plane, the shutter speed had to be set at around 1/2000th of a second.
Capital FM's Summertime Ball Stage at Wembley Stadium, 12th June 2011.
All in all it was an incredible experience, 2 flights above Wembley Stadium with the door off, thanks Capital FM and The Press Association for organising it.
Capital FM DJ, Sacha Brooks prepares for take off.
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